World Atlas of Language Structures (WALS)

The World Atlas of Language Structures (WALS) is a large database of structural (phonological, grammatical, lexical) properties of languages gathered from descriptive materials (such as reference grammars) by a team of 55 authors.

世界语言结构地图集（The World Atlas of Language Structures，WALS）是一个大型语言数据库，收录了由55位作者组成的团队通过描述性资料（如参考语法）采集的各类语言的结构（音系、语法、词汇）属性。